Physcaeneura pione, the light webbed ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Physcaeneura |
| Species: | P. pione
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Adults are on wing from December to May.
The larvae feed on Siphonochilus species.
References
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- ^ "Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.